Police probing sex crime issue SkyTrain video
Last Updated: Thursday, July 8, 2010 | 3:22 PM PT
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Vancouver police are appealing for the public's help in identifying the man in this SkyTrain surveillance video. (Vancouver Police Department)Vancouver Police are asking for the public's assistance to help identify a person captured in SkyTrain surveillance video following an attempted sexual assault.
A man tried to drag a 19-year-old woman into bushes along a trail in the 3500 block of S.E. Marine Drive at about 11:15 p.m. Tuesday night.
A man passing by the area came to the aid of the woman and the attacker ran off.
Investigators want to speak to a man they describe only as "a person of interest," who is seen in surveillance video images at the 22nd Street SkyTrain station about 11:40 p.m. the same night.
The man is dressed in a blue shirt and jeans and is seen exiting the train onto the station platform.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the VPD Sex Crimes Unit at 604-717-2648 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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